Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever is the 2003 debut album of the Los Angeles band Dengue Fever, sung entirely in Khmer by Chhom Nimol.

Cover of Dengue Fever (2003).

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Artist	Dengue Fever
First released	2003
Language	Khmer
Creator pages	Dengue Fever (band)

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Dengue Fever (band), Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll, John Pirozzi, The Cambodian Space Project and Escape From Dragon House.

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1. About the release
2. Musicians
3. Background
4. Track list
5. Access
6. References

On this page

1. About the release
2. Musicians
3. Background
4. Track list
5. Access
6. References

About the release

Most of the album is covers of Cambodian pop and rock songs of the 1960s and 1970s. It also has original songs, among them "Hold My Hips" and "Connect Four," written in the spirit of the older songs. The band's own site elsewhere calls the debut an album made entirely of covers of romantic Cambodian pop from the 1960s. Chhom Nimol sings all of the lyrics in Khmer. The band's arrangements draw on psychedelic rock, surf rock and garage rock.

The album came out in 2003 on the Web of Mimicry label. A deluxe edition followed on November 22, 2012, with five bonus tracks that were not on the first release. A red vinyl record carries the 12 original tracks. The band's next album, Escape From Dragon House, came out in 2005.

Musicians

Chhom Nimol, who was born in Cambodia, fronts the band. The other players are Zac Holtzman, his brother Ethan Holtzman on Farfisa organ, Senon Williams, David Ralicke and the drummer and engineer Paul Smith.

Background

Ethan and Zac Holtzman formed Dengue Fever in Los Angeles in 2001, after they discovered Cambodian psychedelic rock. They looked for a singer in the Cambodian community of Long Beach. They heard Nimol singing in a restaurant and asked her to join, and she came to an audition. Several of the album's covers, among them "I'm Sixteen" and "Shave Your Beard," were first recorded by Ros Serey Sothea. Sothea was among the many Cambodian musicians who were killed or disappeared under the Khmer Rouge.

Track list

1. "Lost in Laos"
2. "I'm Sixteen"
3. "22 Nights"
4. "Hold My Hips"
5. "Flowers"
6. "Thanks A Lot"
7. "New Years Eve"
8. "Ethanopium"
9. "Glass of Wine"
10. "Shave Your Beard"
11. "Pow Pow"
12. "Connect Four"

The deluxe edition adds "Doo Wop (Live at Rickshaw 2005)," "A Go Go (Mastered Remix)," a 2004 remix of "Hold My Hips" by Paul Dreux Smith, "Thanks A Lot (Live at Spaceland)" and "Lost in Laos (Tom Chasteen Remix)."

Access

• Dengue Fever Music: Discography
• Dengue Fever on Bandcamp: Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)

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